Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Thompson, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, 2009, users could access all issues of Volume 46, (2008), andVolume 47, (2009). In January 2010, NASA removed all issues published in Volume 46, (2008),so that only issues from Volume 47, (2009), and those published in Volume 48, (2010), wereavailable. Thus, the availability of issues varies from one to two years, depending upon the pointin the publication year.The purposes of this research are twofold:First, to determine if the online NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) completely indexes allof the NASA generated papers indexed in STAR. Based upon a paper presented at the 2009ASEE Conference, “NACA / NASA Document Indexing: 1915 – 1995,”1 it is expected that theNTRS will duplicate the level of NASA document indexing provided by STAR.The

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan Morgan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

enjoyed the interaction withthe students. This paper will describe in detail the course objectives, course outline, placementstrategies, assessment procedures, and the successes and failures of the method with localengineering firms and agencies of varying size.IntroductionEngineering capstone courses are excellent tools for preparing traditionally-educated engineersfor the real world of design. As a result, a plethora of schools use such courses and knowledgein the area is vast. For example, as of 1997 there were approximately 100 papers related toengineering design courses 1 and at the time of this writing, at least 150 papers were published.Several of these previous studies focus on student design projects involving real-world projects.Some

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

of the Student Constituent Committee (SCC), with the long-term goal of forming a Student Division. To help guide the organization’s student leaders, anadvisory council was formed consisting of faculty and industry leaders familiar with ASEE. In2007, that advisory council formed sub-committees to develop by-laws, nominations, recruiting,and the 2008 program. The SCC elected their first executive council at the 2008 ASEE National Page 15.193.2Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.The stated goals of the SCC include: 1. Fostering programs for ASEE student members at regional and national ASEE meetings. 2. Promoting the development at

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Shey, United States Naval Academy; Ryan Rakvic, United States Naval Academy; Thomas Salem, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

multidiscipline project-based learning tool.IntroductionThe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at the United States NavalAcademy has introduced a novel project-based thematic learning approach by incorporating arobotics project into its curriculum. Incorporating robotics into the undergraduate curriculumhas been accomplished in many other colleges, but the robot platform is fixed.1 Additionally,there are many commercial robot kits on the market, but the vast majority of them havepredetermined hardware with well defined functions. Our ECE Department wanted somethingthat is not only flexible, but has the minimum number of black boxes; items the students do notfully understand, but often allow plug and play compatibility. This type of

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerry Marekova, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

particular community college. The transfer students can also takeclasses on a full- or part-time basis. Since the majority of courses in the AET program are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience, the transfer students participate in hands-onlaboratory activities using Drexel’s state-of-the-art laboratories. These laboratories also utilizedduring the nine-credit, three-term Senior Design Project sequence.IntroductionThere are more than 1,500 higher education institutions in the United States that offerengineering programs.1, 2 The demand for engineers and engineering technologists continues togrow while the percentage of U.S. undergraduates studying the profession is remaining low.3, 4, 5In 2000, American higher education

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University; David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

/motorcycle model to the game. We have built our video game on top of an existing open-source game called Torcs (www.torcs.org). Torcs provides the game framework and graphicsengine for our game. It synchronizes our simulations so that they run in real time, and it givesEduTorcs the look and feel of commercial video games similar to Need for Speed or GranTurismo. See Figure 1 for screen shots of the game.   Figure 1: Screen shots from the game EduTorcs. Even with all its similarities, students normally do not “play” EduTorcs like a traditional videogame. They primarily interact with the game through a software interface that we have

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet; Opal McFarlane, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

with these challenges, students will need to develop theirleadership skills 1. Although many engineering and technology programs do an excellentjob of preparing students for the technical aspects of their professions, an area that is notadequately covered is leadership development. Not only is leadership development achallenge for engineering and technology students, it’s a concern for graduates of everyacademic program.The future workplace has many career opportunities and challenges for graduatingstudents 6. Developing leadership skills is a rising concern students need to address forsuccessful careers. As future leaders of business organizations, it’s important for studentsto have an understanding of the leadership roles they will perform

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; James Beeler, Purdue University; Pat Connaughton, Purdue University; Jared Price, Purdue University; Ben Trefz, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

popularity as these challenges are overcome. It has beenembraced by a variety of industries. It has already been incorporated into the medical industry asa tool for doctors to practice before complicated and delicate surgeries,11 by psychiatrists as apotential way to cure phobias,12 and by universities as a means to create interactive tours of theircampuses for visitors.13The technology required for simple augmented reality applications is easily attainable.1 For thisstudy, an augmented reality software program was utilized called BuildAR, provided byHITLabNZ. The program utilizes the computer-based camera to create augmented reality imageson the computer screen. The user creates ‘markers,’ black squares with white patterns inside ofthem, that are

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Norman Doll, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

many decades in the United States.Noteworthy are the periodic reports, beginning with the Mann Report of 1918, that haveemphasized the need for engineering education reform. Since Mann’s report there have beenmany other significant reports published from 1930 to present that stress this need.Two suchstudies were those completed in recent years by the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE)1 and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)2. The impetus for both was arealization that major changes in engineering education were needed to meet 21st centurychallenges. Important conclusions from these studies are that civil engineering education mustfoster more interdisciplinary collaboration, include more team-based learning, and provide

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engaged with EiE curriculum (called EiE or test below) were comparedto responses from a control sample. Both the test sample and the control sample received scienceinstruction after completing the pre-assessments and before completing post-assessments. Thetest sample completed the EiE curriculum in addition to their regular science curriculum.Surveys were collected from students in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire andRhode Island (see Table 1). The largest number of surveys was collected from Massachusetts.Most of the surveys were completed by grade 4 and grade 5 students. A total of 1056 studentsurveys were analyzed; 678 were completed by EiE (test) students, and 378 by control.Table 1. Engineering Attitudes Survey: Sample Size

Conference Session

Lean and Green

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; John Sutherland, Purdue University

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Industrial Engineering

Academy of Engineeringunveiled The Grand Challenges for Engineering in a public statement on February 15, 20081 andsustainability was noted as one of four broad realms of human concern. Six (out of 14) of theengineering challenges are related to environmental sustainability: (1) Make solar energyeconomical, (2) Provide energy from fusion, (3) Develop carbon sequestration methods, (4)Manage the nitrogen cycle, (5) Provide access to clean water, and (6) Restore and improve urbaninfrastructure.Industrial Engineers (IEs) are in a unique position to play a key role in the effort to bringsustainability concepts to the mainstream of engineering education. Their historical figures andinitiatives are aligned with the current need for sustainable products

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bekir Kelceoglu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI); Cluny Way, College of the North Atlantic; Joseph Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sandi Perlman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

the project in the discipline specific classes, a scope of work had to bedefined that was reasonable for a fifteen week project. For the electrical and mechanicalengineering technology students, that meant a solar thermal domestic hot water system for twoadults living in the shipping container with an option for additional radiant heating for one teamproject and a solar photovoltaic system to provide power for all typical dorm room loads as wellas the solar thermal system loads for a second team. Page 15.1220.6 Figure 1: External Perspective, SouthThe second exception relates to the development of a novel way of

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Student Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Jason Albert, University of Texas, Austin

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Students Constituent Committee

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

activated carbon. Page 15.140.7 Figure 1. Solar collector designThe team has decided to design the system with a greenhouse over the solarcollector. This will aid the system in collecting solar radiation to heat theactivated carbon and promote desorption. Where glass or Plexiglas is notavailable, the system can be built with a semi-transparent plastic. The designfeatures a simple plywood box with 2-inch foam insulation on every side exceptthe top. The top surface is sealed with a transparent material. Figure 2. Greenhouse designThe structure for the entire refrigerator is shown in Figure 3. While the team usedwood

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsi-Hsun Tsai, Ming-Chi University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technology education learning activities. The tasks include (1) developing aprocedure for identifying the mental processes as they were used by students, (2) creating aninventory to analyze the mental processes used by students, and (3) proofing the inventory forconsistency and reliability.It is relevant to note that while the term assessment often is used within a context where avalue judgment is made and one thing is determined to better than another, the processdescribed in this study uses the term operationally to describe procedures for identifyingparticular activities, determining how long these activities last, and how frequently activitiesare repeated in practice. The procedure would enable an observer to determine whether alearning activity

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering education standards. TheAcademy states: “The goal of this exploratory project is to assess the potential value andfeasibility of developing and implementing content standards for engineering education in K-12.” 1 Page 15.643.2Even without widely accepted education standards, the importance of engineering has beenrecognized in many school districts. Many high schools are now offering curriculum choices inengineering and a few schools, many of them charter schools, center their entire curriculum onengineering or on science and engineering.2 These schools use curricular material that has beenpurchased, or sometimes developed in-house to meet

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Miller, Virginia Tech; Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

participation score”1. Perhaps the most important conclusionwas in the abstract of the article which states “Evaluations do clearly show that, when thetechnology is used properly and when class time is not spent resolving technical problems, thelaptop students had a more positive learning experience.”1 However, David Cole of Georgetown University had a different point of view concerningthe use of laptops in his lecture class. Cole asked his law students to answer an anonymoussurvey asking whether or not they believe laptops were a useful tool in the classroom. As statedin his article “[a]bout 80 percent reported that they are more engaged in classroom discussionwhen they are laptop free.”2 Additionally, “95 percent admitted that they use their

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Hien Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University

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International

students’ meet the needs of the global workforce. One exampleof such experiences is the use of cross-national engineering student teams at the capstone level.Introduction “In the United States the oceans that bound our coasts no longer insulate us from other nations. In this dynamic global economy and political environment, engineering must adjust to the new world view.” (National Academy of Engineering, 2004)1 “Every day the men and women of this workforce will face the stress of competing in the fast-paced world of change we call the knowledge-based global economy of the twenty- first century. They will also face even larger challenges because the nation and world will need to call on them to seize

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Pamalee Brady, California Polytechnic State University; Manoochehr Zoghi, Cal State Fresno; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville; Xiong Yu, Case Western Reserve University

the annual Failure Case Study Faculty Workshop series, with a renewed focus on implementation and assessment, at the annual ASEE conference.  Assess the impact of case studies on first year students, specifically analyzing the impact on women and minorities. Page 15.672.3The Project Team The members of the project team are prior attendees of the Faculty Failure Case Studyworkshops and have already been making use of failure case studies in their courses. The mostextensive prior work has been carried out at Cleveland State University. The subcontractors arelisted in Table 1.Table 1: Participating Universities, Faculty

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gay Lemons, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

addressing the issue of a town becoming inaccessible during the rainy seasonwhen its only bridge washes out, some interpretations of the problem might be that the bridge isnot strong enough, there is too much water with no place to go, or the town is geographically toovulnerable. These various perspectives might all lead to good solutions, but how an engineerinterprets or frames the problem informs the approaches taken and influences the solution. Whileidentifying the need may be fairly straightforward or obvious, interpreting the problem can bemuch more obscure. Pahl[1] noted a decade ago that good solutions come from a thoroughanalysis and clarification of the task. Are engineering students learning this task clarification orproblem interpretation

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

time I was a member of the Board of Managers of the Association of Engineering Societies, representing the Engineers Club of St. Louis. At a Board meeting of the Association in 1883, I describe the work that I was doing for myself and offered to do it, somewhat more elaborately and free of charge, for the journal of the Association, if the Board would agree to publish it. This Board consented to do and the Index was begun... all indexing was done by professional engineers of more or less practical experience. The theory of the Index from the start has been: 1. to index only articles of permanent value. 2. to give such a short, concise, but adequate description of the article as would enable to determine

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Kirk Love, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

as physics and chemistry, and are closely tied to particular careers.Both disciplines are evolving rapidly and require students to stay on top of new technologies. Inthe schools studied, biology enrollments by females were equal to or higher than maleenrollments while enrollments of females in computer science in these schools continued todrop7, 9 .Reports from the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicates that there is a “troubling declinein the number of US citizens who are training to become scientists and engineers, whereas thenumber of jobs requiring science and engineering training continues to grow”1. It is crucial thatmore students are attracted to science and engineering fields in order to prevent creating asignificant shortage of

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso

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First-Year Programs

applying it to practical uses. Thecritical changes will be the first few weeks, and in preparing the right reference sheets so thatstudents can gain momentum quickly. The later periods of the semester will cover the originalmaterial at a faster pace. The proposed new content is: A. Introduction, installation of python environment (Jython) and interface. (1 hours) B. Simple plots using arithmetic, iterations and “if-then” statements. (2 hours) C. Use of summation and linear operations applied to image transformations. (2 hours) D. Functions and example of class definition. (2 hours) E. Application to simulation of simple mechanical systems. (2 hours) F. Application to simulation of basic electric circuits. (3 hours) G

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

will be emphasized in the development of CLEERhub.IntroductionIn 2004, the National Science Foundation sponsored three projects to build capacity in engineeringeducation research: Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice(RREE) [DUE-0341127], Strengthening HBCU Engineering Education Research Capacity, [HRD-0411994], and the Institute for Scholarship in Engineering Education (ISEE), an element of theCenter for the Advancement of Engineering Education [ESI-0227558]. These programs attractedtremendous interest, with participant applications outweighing available slots by a ratio ofapproximately 3 to 1. The engineering education research communities that RREE and ISEE helpedto foster have expanded and now have

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

score.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)1 Engineering Criteria 2000requires engineering students should “be able to function effectively in a multidisciplinary team”.The question is: how can students’ team skills be taught and assessed2,3,4? In a previous study,we defined student’s team skills through a three-construct theoretical model: interdependency,goal setting and potency. This model entails possible application in both pedagogy andassessment. Peer evaluation has been used as an effective instrumentation tool to assess students’team skills and performance5,6,7,8,9. We developed a 9-item peer evaluation questionnaire tomeasure student’s individual perceptions on their teammates along our three-constructstheoretical

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

students in engineering and computer science. Additional students in the FultonSchools major in construction. Additionally, located in the ASU/Maricopa County area is one ofthe largest community college districts in the nation, the Maricopa County Community CollegeDistrict, serving over 250,000 students each year in ten independent colleges. Over 300 transferstudents enter the Fulton Schools of Engineering each year. Many ASU students have need offinancial need. In 2007-08 more than 70 percent of all ASU students received some form offinancial aid. In 2008-09, ASU awarded over $500,000 in all types of financial aid to more than46,000 students.1 In spite of this, traditionally, 80% of ASU students work

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heublein, Kansas State University, Salina; Kenneth Barnard, Kansas State University, Salina

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

teaching experience is used qualitatively inobserving student mathematics preparations and motivation changes over time. From experience,we have also tried different pedagogy methods, have agreement that the current “millennial”students are visual learners with technical shrewdness, and prefer active engagement activities.Limitations of study: We have a small faculty, N = eight, in the K-State at Salina aviationdepartment, therefore the data survey collected is very small and lacks validity. Having said that,these two faculty members have broad based observation level experience, as well as depth ofexperience. The faculty survey (Attachment #1) supports the stated hypothesis.Review of the literature:There has been an abundance of discussion and

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

regress in their conceptual understanding, regardlessof their academic performance within the class.1 Students frequently fail to understand how toapply mathematical concepts to real problems.Within mechanical engineering curriculum, heat transfer is considered a notoriously difficultcourse for students.2,3 Concept inventories have been developed to assess students’ level ofconceptual understanding; reported student scores on these inventories have been quite low, withaverage performance in the range of 50%.2,4 The incorporation of active learning approacheswithin classes and programs have been shown to increase conceptual understanding of corecontent,5 but are infrequently utilized in core content engineering courses such as those in thethermal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Pierce, Sweet Briar College; Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College

larger society.1 Engineers are often accused of implementingtechnology for its own sake, with little consideration of sociological issues. This view issupported by numerous historical examples in which a lack of understanding of social forces hasresulted in unanticipated, damaging effects of the use of technology.2 The importance of socialconsiderations as a significant component of an undergraduate engineering education isembodied in ABET Outcome h, “…to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,economic, environmental, and societal context.”3 Despite the inclusion of this outcome in the Page 15.468.2ABET criteria, research by